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Giles Milton

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Writer and historian. THE STALIN AFFAIR to be published May 2024. Writer/narrator of Ministry of Secrets podcast. London Library trustee. FRHistS.

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  • Stratford Literary Festival

    1 week ago | stratfordliteraryfestival.co.uk | Giles Milton

    or call the box office on 0333 666 3366 The internationally best-selling historian’s latest book reveals the remarkable true story of the Allies’ secret mission to wartime Moscow in 1941.

  • The Stalin Affair: The Impossible Alliance That Won the War

    2 months ago | libraryjournal.com | Giles Milton

    . Sept. 2024. 11:19 hrs. ISBN 9781250353719. $26.99. HIST COPY ISBN British journalist, historian, and author of several best-selling narrative histories, Milton ( Churchill’s Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare) authoritatively narrates this backstory of the Harriman Mission, a World War II alliance between the U.S., the UK, and the USSR, which came about with the assistance of wealthy railroad magnate Averell Harriman.

  • Author Giles Milton, “The Stalin Affair: The Impossible Alliance that Won the War"

    Sep 9, 2024 | wishtv.com | Giles Milton

    Author Giles Milton, “The Stalin Affair: The Impossible Alliance that Won the War” He was a mass murderer, a dictator, a man in a constant state of paranoia, but Stalin was also one of the most effective leaders during World War II.

  • THE STALIN AFFAIR

    Sep 3, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Giles Milton |David Grann |Elie Wiesel |Marion Wiesel

    Milton mixes personal details with historical sweep to tell a significant tale. Politics makes strange bedfellows, and war makes even stranger ones. On the huge canvas of World War II, the alliance between the Soviet Union and the British-U.S. partnership was crucial, but it came about only through a combination of diplomacy and desperation. So argues prolific historian Milton, author of Checkmate in Berlin, Churchill’s Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, and other notable books of history.

  • CHF 2024: Day 1 - Aspects of History

    Jun 25, 2024 | aspectsofhistory.com | Oliver Webb-Carter |Justin Doherty |Giles Milton

    CHF 2024: Day 1The festival site looked resplendent in the dappled June light, bouts of sunshine alternating with welcome cloud cover and a gentle breeze. Regular visitors will notice some changes to the layout. The Evelyn Partners tent has moved and is now a giant yurt offering a much more intimate space for talks. There’s a new stylish membership lounge for Plantagenet members. Giant letters on the side of the hill spell out CHALKE, a nod to her HOLLYWOOD cousins.

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Giles Milton
Giles Milton @GilesMilton1
13 May 25

It was greatly enjoyable to write!

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Twenty years ago I lived in #EquatorialGuinea but had never heard of the Duchessa d'Aosta incident in Santa Isabel, now #Malabo harbour, during the war. Thanks @GilesMilton1 Fascinating #history #WestAfrica #FernandoPo Well worth the read! https://t.co/XiAha22mZc

Giles Milton
Giles Milton @GilesMilton1
13 May 25

Is this the longest ‘read’ in the ⁦⁦@TheLondonLib⁩ ? A mere 3,706 pages! https://t.co/zh0QnTwMVj

Giles Milton
Giles Milton @GilesMilton1
9 May 25

Victory Day in Russia. On 8 May, Field Marshall Keitel signed Germany's (second) unconditional surrender in Berlin. Stalin insisted Germans surrender to the Soviets. Another newspaper from my collection. #CheckmateInBerlin @johnmurrays @HenryHolt https://t.co/9caFLj15d5